the center of the egg is supposed to be 99.5°?

[freebyrd]

the center of the egg is supposed to be 99.5°?

 

[freebyrd]

bump

 

[freebyrd]

bump.

 

[bloonskiller911]

yes. if you have a still air incbator put your thermometer on top of the eggs and regulate it to 102. that keeps your eggs a good temperature

 

[freebyrd]

I guess I should reword my question. is the inside of the egg supposed to be 99.5°?

 

[Nsampsel]

Unless you are cracking your eggs open you have no way to measure inside temp. The air inside a still air bator should be about 101F. A forced air bator goes to 99.5F. Temp should be measured at the TOP of your eggs, not INSIDE your eggs.

 

[freebyrd]

that still does not answer my question. I know the temps of incubators and how and where to measure it. my plan is to take a plastic Easter egg and glue the two halves together the make it water tight. drill a small hole in one end. fill it with water. put a thermometer in the hole. and seal around the thermometer to make it water tight. that should give me the internal temp of my hatching eggs. am I rite or wrong? if this method is correct, shouldn't the thermometer in the water filled plastic egg read 99.5°F?

 

[dbcooper02]

Yup. Lots of folks use a water wiggler and a remote probe thermometer to achieve the same effect.

 

[Nsampsel]

Never heard of this...lol

I'm on my 1st hatch

 

[freebyrd]

I don't have any water wigglers. but I got several plastic Easter eggs, and a couple extra thermometers. I figured it would work. but was unsure of what the thermometer should read. but my searches say 99.5°F.